Expansion and championship pursuits (2023–present)
In October 2023, Powerhouse Hobbs and Kyle Fletcher joined the Don Callis Family. On the December 28, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Guevara returned and crashed The Don Callis Family's Boxing Week Celebration. Callis got Guevara a custom portrait with his new baby and his family, but Guevara turned on Callis and the family attacked Guevara until Jericho made the save. [3] [4] On the May 29, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Trent Beretta joined the Don Callis Family. [5] On the July 3 episode of Dynamite, Ospreay left the Don Callis Family. [6] On the July 5 episode of Rampage , Rush joined the Don Callis Family. [7] On the October 8 episode of Dynamite, Callis acquired Lance Archer from Jake Roberts in exchange for Rush, who reformed his old faction La Facción Ingobernable at Grand Slam on September 28. On the October 16 episode of Dynamite, Brian Cage joined the Don Callis Family, where he formed a tag team with Archer called the Murder Machines. [8] On the November 6 episode of Dynamite, it was revealed that Hobbs left the Don Callis Family by teaming with Ricochet to defeat Fletcher and Takeshita.
On the February 5, 2025 episode of Dynamite, Callis revealed Mark Davis as the newest member of the Don Callis Family. [9] On the April 16 episode of Dynamite, Callis recruited the debuting Josh Alexander into the Don Callis Family. [10] On the April 17 episode of Collision, Rocky Romero turned heel after betraying Tomohiro Ishii in a tag match and participated in attacking Ishii with a returning Beretta and the rest of the Don Callis Family, joining the group and reuniting Roppongi Vice. [11] On the June 4 episode of Collision, Hechicero teamed with the newly formed Protoshita (Fletcher and Takeshita) to defeat Bandido and The Outrunners. [12] [13] On June 10, Hechicero confirmed that he was now a member of the Don Callis Family. [14] On the June 11 episode of Dynamite, Kazuchika Okada aligned with Callis during his feud with Kenny Omega and was officially introduced as the newest member on the June 21 episode of Collision . [15] [16] [17] At All In: Texas on July 12, Okada defeated Omega to become the inaugural AEW Unified Champion while also retaining the AEW Continental Championship and winning the AEW International Championship, and Fletcher failed to win the AEW TNT Championship in a four-way match involving Dustin Rhodes, who won the match, Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia. [18] From July 19 till August 17, Takeshita participated in G1 Climax 35, where he advanced out of the B Block with a 6—3 record, [19] defeated David Finlay in the playoffs, [20] Zack Sabre Jr. in the semifinals, [21] and then Evil in the final, making him the first contracted AEW and DDT wrestler to win the G1 tournament. [22] On the July 31 episode of Collision, Fletcher defeated Dustin in a Chicago Street Fight to win the AEW TNT Championship. [23] At Forbidden Door on August 24, Fletcher retained the AEW TNT Championship against Hiromu Takahashi while Okada defeated Swerve Strickland to retain the AEW Unified Championship [24] ; after the match between Okada and Swerve, Wardlow returned from a year-long hiatus, where he attacked both Swerve and Prince Nana and subsequently joined The Don Callis Family. [25]
Don Callis (L/M)
